The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-05
THE NOISY FOURTH.
ONE NEynn TO he roneorr.El:N,,
Observed in the City NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
Pysh!as CaPiase the Town and Make
Lots Of Money Centennial Fourth v A
Il Outdons in Powder burning, "a;

Fourth was m unique one. In the amount
OF powder burned, especially last night,
and the noise made thereby, the Centen-
NAL Fourth alone would compare with It.
The day was uahered In with loss than
the usual noise, but after daylight tho
boys took advantage Of Mayor seabflghs's
liberality in not ianuing tho usual procla.
nation prohibiting pyrotechnics, and a
deafening racket was the result, The
hhootlng Of fire crackers was kept up all
over town in a dcaultory sort Of way all
day.
Tho weather was perfect, warm, but the
aky was cloudlesa and nice breezs going.
"OId Probabilities'' said "rsin," but the
eky seemed to belle him, and people took
the risk. :'lS1y45Ig
THE X. or r. PARADE.
At an early hour the Zanesyills u, r,
X. OF p. division arrived on the Baltimore
& Ohio road, and was met by the Cpur
de Leon division and IEtnavlllo band,
which continued to do escort duty as the
various divisions and lodges reached the
city. VA gJ,7,' NH,
Promptly nt the hour set the parade
formed on Chapline street, the right rest.
ing on Fourteenth, and started over tina
route laid ont In the following order:
Chief Marshall John II. Moore and star,
! S !.f& mounted. .rs-s. - 7'.ht
tI1 Mayors BraAS hand, 7 '3H. I!tt ~ 2
Col. Sedgwick, commanding Filth lOhIo Regiment
| Is. DEL, U, X. X. OF p and stat. mon n'eh -
Silver Gross Division. U. R. K. OF r, GAINESVILLE,
| iUH 26mcn, IA =, 3
"a Cadiz, Ohio Division, 90 men.
Pan handle Division, OF stoubenytllc, ..f
C"ur dc Leon division, Wheeling, Capt George
wsisger6ss, commanding. 4
baltimore Lodge, No. =. K. OF r, Wheeling.
% Cermau!a Lodge, No. Q, whseling, Fl
| llumbolt Lodge, No, 8, Wheeling,
Black Prince louge. No. 70. wheeling.
| 49, Myttlc Ledge, No. r. Elm aroye, = ta
Z Belmont Lodge, No. LOO, Bridgeport,
Ohio City Lodge, Mathis Ferry. y
| Ohio Valley Lodge, No. 81, Wheeling,
The limo OF march Yves west on Four
tesnth to Main, down Main to Twonty-
fourth, up Twenty.fourth to Chapline. IN
Chapline to Twentieth, down Twentieth
to Market, up Market to Tenth, and
thence by way Of the suspension bridge
and South Front street to the new Fair
grounds. 81 faf7s igG -
All along the line the knights were
gree!ed with cheers and waving handker-
chiefs from the thousands Of people who
lined the sidawalks. Their gay and hand
some uniform. flags and banners floating
on the breeze, aud fine marching made an
admirable display. 4. at4a5s9ss s,.Sl
l THE PICNIC. n
| Arrived ct the State Fair Grounds, din
ner Was served to the Knights. When
this important item on the programme
i was attended to, aliyely shower was iall.
ing, but after the shower, which Just NICE
ly laid the dust and freshoned tho atmos-
phere, the resimenssl drill and dreas
parade was given. Owing to the illneas
Of Colonel sedgwics, Of Zaneavile, men.
toned elsewhere, he was unable to COM
mand, snd, Capt. B. Stanley, OF this city,
very acceptably filed his place. The drill
snd review were the subjects Of many
compliments among the large crowd
which witnessed 1t. = '.5,.5%
The competitive drill followed. This
was participated in only by Silver Cross
Division of Z1uesvile and the Cadiz iiyi.
sion. The judges were Cspt. William
Otto, James McCahon and Col. Hugh
Sterling. They awarded first money to
the Zanesville division and second to
Cadiz. e.as o. 5s. = 80 :,
! Following this Wheeling Uniformed
Knights gave sn exhibition drill. It was
! the general verdict that they excelled both
the whiting divisions in the drill. Col:
Sedgwick addressed tho division ate. this
drill, complfnentiug the knights highly,
and collected them to join the Fifth
regiment, saying they would make
it the star regiment Of the order. "a
| In the interim tsotsiDg rsce-or al.
legged race-took place. 1t was sid that
o job had been pnt up to catch bsts, but the
management refused to be party to this
and With Col. Exley as starter, and Messrs,
Andy Hamilton, F. J. Parke and Harry
ESley as judgea, the race had to be on its
merits. The only starters were Midnight,
entered by Mr.. Hammond. and Dan Skin.
ner, by mir. Holloway, Of Flushing. Skin
ner took the first heat and Midnight the
other two. 81. i,z5 III,
All day dancing waa INDUCED in on the
grounds to Mayors music. It was es.i-
mated that over 5000 people were on the
ground, J an. nv n,
About 6 o'clock steady, heavysrsin
came up, and people were quickly driven
to shelter. This put en- end to the sport
pretty eilectually, rendering the ground
too muddy Tor promensding. Is z4,.
TIE DAY ELSEWHERE. IS
Tho 31nennerchor's Deutsehps yolkfcst-out
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